[ad_1] Companies Kenya’s Yakwetu Online among seven winners of WIPO 2023 award Monday July 24 2023 (From left) Ambassador Tatiana Molcean (Chair of the 2023 WIPO Awards Jury), Mike Strano, the Yakwetu co-founder and chief operations officer (holding the WIPO award), and the Director General of WIPO Daren Tang. PHOTO | COURTESY | WIPO Kenya’s…
[ad_1] By Hadiza Mohammed and Misbahu El-Hamza (Lead Writers) The Boko Haram insurgency has had a significant and far-reaching impact on healthcare in northeastern states like Yobe, Borno, and Adamawa. The insurgency disrupted health service delivery, particularly for pregnant women, newborns, and children. For example, in Damaturu Local Government Area (LGA) in Yobe State, although…
[ad_1] · Online meetings back to Covid-19 peak By Sarah NEGEDU The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has given the indication of the commencement of the sales of subsidized grains and fertilizers to cushion the impact of the rising food prices on residents of the territory. The announcement follows the recent declaration of a state of…
[ad_1] Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Community-Based Health Planning and Service (CHPS+) Phase ll Project in Nalerigu, capital of the North East Region on Friday. The collaborative project involving the governments of Ghana and Republic of Korea, with UNICEF support, seeks to improve maternal, neonatal and child health…
[ad_1] By Ijeoma UKAZU A healthy balanced diet, drinking lots of water, exercising at least 60 minutes a day, and getting plenty of sleep at least 9 hours each night are some of the lifestyle changes children need to grow healthy. According to a research journal, the National Library of Medicine, a healthy diet is…
[ad_1] The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the death of Dr Sherry Ayittey has robbed the party, the country, and her family, of yet another elder whose sterling contributions to nation-building span well over a generation in the history of Ghana. “We in the NDC are particularly devastated by this sudden and unexpected blow, and…
[ad_1] The World Health Organisation (WHO) has attributed the spike in dengue fever to global warming marked by higher average temperatures, precipitation, and a longer period of drought. Raman Velayudhan, WHO’s head of the global programme on control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, told journalists at the UN in Geneva on Friday. “About half of the…
In a world where routine immunisations have become the backbone of childhood healthcare, some children continue to be denied the right to survive due to the ignorance of their caregivers. Gom Mirian focuses on Kano State, Nigeria, where many people are still oblivious to the dangers of not immunising their children. “Vaccines? I didn’t…
[ad_1] Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Credit: CNN) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was released from the hospital on Monday after heart surgery. This happened hours before a key parliamentary vote on his planned judicial reforms. A government spokesperson said the 73-year-old leader had left the Sheba Clinic near Tel Aviv. During the weekend, he…
[ad_1] A building has collapsed in Cameroun’s biggest city, Douala, killing at least 12 people and injuring five others. It is not known how many people were inside the four-storey building when it fell onto another residential block in the early hours of Sunday morning. The rubble is being searched for survivors. Distressed neighbours have…
